Delta II | Mars Pathfinder
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
Mars Pathfinder
he MPF (Mars Pathfinder) (formerly known as the Mars Environmental Survey, or MESUR Pathfinder) is the second of NASA's low-cost planetary Discovery missions. The mission consists of a stationary lander and a surface rover. The mission has the primary objective of demonstrating the feasibility of low-cost landings on and exploration of the Martian surface. This objective will be met by tests of communications between the rover and lander, and the lander and Earth, and tests of the imaging devices and sensors.
Delta II 7925
Height 38.90 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 1840 kg
Liftoff Thrust 0 kN
Diameter 2.40 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 232 Tonnes
Launch Success 34
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 1990-11-26
Launch Failures 2
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